Optimize Using ‘Save for Web’ In Photoshop

Photoshop has an image optimizer for the web. It has a lot of custom options for every image format.

First Crop the image to the size of your post area. Cropping / Resizing is different from scaling down the image using WordPress image handler. When you scale down the image size is not reduced, just the image appears small.

Cropping an image will actually reduce its size; smaller is better.

Save For Web can be found under the File Menu or press Shift + Control + Alt + S. A window will open up.

Save For Web In Photoshop

Play with the options and make sure that image is not over 50kb. If you have to show larger images, display a smaller preview, Upload the large version separately and link the preview image to the large one.

Optimize Images Using WordPress Plugin

The WordPress Smush.it plugin is the plugin of choice for this job. It uses the Smush.it api to optimize images. Once installed, all images you upload are automatically compressed and optimized.

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13 Comments.

I used smush.it before but not now. What i do is i use the Free PhotoFiltre software and open the image on it and use the save as option and save over the original image. At that time Photofiltre will show options to reduce the size of images with preview option. I adjusts the slider so as to make the image good looking without making it big. I this this is the best way i found.

Another good plugin I use is Scissors. It can crop/resize images easily(maintains aspect ratio) when uploading. As far as I have seen, it can reduce size by 50% for a 20-30% size reduction.

For resizing and convert images locally, Irfan View is a great and free(and did I mention Bloat-Free) replacement for Photoshop. Lot of formats are available and you can select compression level etc. to get perfect image size.

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